Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Biography

Jency Thomas is an early career researcher and a teaching academic at La Trobe University. In a short career span Jency has 6 papers in A* Journals with one invited book chapter. Jency Thomas, is an early career researcher, building on from her PhD work she is developing her interest on metabolic diseases and mental health outcomes. Jency has made significant contribution and added new knowledge in the field of diabetes and cognitive impairment. She has significant experience working with range of antioxidants including omega-3 fatty acid and polyphenols. As an early career researcher she is keen to understand the effect of metabolic syndrome such as obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia and diseases like cardiovascular and diabetes on mental health outcomes. Jency’s paper “Dietary Supplementation with resveratrol and/or docosahexaenoic acid alter hippocampal gene-expression in adult C57Bl/6 mice”. Journal of Nutrition Biochemistry was awarded the best original research paper, by University of Newcastle 2013. Her achievement is also recognised by invitation to write book chapter on “diabetes and gene expression”. Currently she is involved in number of projects, including a project on Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health Data (ALSWH), Dr Thomas currently has access to database of large cohort of Australian mid-aged and Old age Women (>20,000).Dr Thomas is investigating the mental health profile of mid aged and old aged diabetic Australian women; this project is undertaken as a “Master’s Thesis Project”, for whom Dr Thomas is one of the primary supervisor

Abstract

Abstract : Effect of Diabetes on hippocampal gene expression